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Khon Kaen

February 9 - February 14, 2002

Contents

About Thailand
About the Trip
Scenic Wallpaper
Thai Language
Links and Books
About the Author
Getting there
Ubon Ratchathani
Ko Chang
Surat Thani
Suan Mokkh #1
Suan Mokkh #2
Suan Mokkh #3
Suan Mokkh #4
Chiang Mai #1
Western Laos
Vientiane
Vang Vieng
Lake Nam Ngum
Nong Khai
Khon Kaen
Chiang Mai #2
Chiang Mai #3
Chiang Mai #4
Chiang Mai #5
Mae Sariang
Mae Hong Son
Tham Lot
Chiang Mai #6
Lampang
Nan & Phrae
Um Phang
Trekking
Mae Sot
Lopburi
Bang Pa-in
Bangkok
Udon Thani
Sakhon Nakhon
That Phanom
Savannakhet
Nakhon Phanom
Sri Racha
Going Home
Vancouver
Here's the email I sent home from Khon Kaen:

I've gone south a few hours from the Laos border to the city of Khon Kaen. It reminds me of Ubon Ratchathani (the first town we went to in Thailand) in that I can walk around for hours at a time without seeing another farang. People are always staring at me and trying to get me to stop and talk to them.

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Train ticket

Walking into town from the train station I was stopped by a bunch of high-school students who wanted to interview me for an English class project. They asked me a bunch of questions about where I've been in Thailand and what I liked. Afterwards they gave me a really nice little embroidered pouch as a present.

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I met a couple of American girls yesterday who turned out to be foreign- exchange students from the local university.
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Page from a Thai comic book
So they took me back to their dormitory and introduced me to about a dozen other American students and I spent the rest of the day hanging out on campus with them. The university grounds are huge, practically a city in itself. It was refreshing talking to other farangs who can actually speak Thai, as none of the tourists I meet ever bother trying to learn. Though I was a bit dismayed to discover that they could already read Thai script despite having only been in country for a month. On the other hand the 5-hour long Thai classes they described didn't exactly sound like a lot of fun.


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Local bus ticket

My guesthouse room is covered in graffiti, some of it's pretty funny shit. I added a Ren & Stimpy quote as my personal contribution.

Scott


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